Dave Loebsack

Dave Loebsack (23 December 1952-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-IO 2) from 3 January 2007, succeeding Jim Leach.

Biography
Dave Loebsack was born in Sioux City, Iowa in 1952, and he worked as a political science professor at Cornell College before starting the Linn Phoenix group, a fundraising arm of the Linn County Democratic Party. In 2006, he was elected to the US House of Representatives, becoming the only Democrat in Iowa's congressional delegation. He was a member of the Progressive Democrats.